Body dissatisfaction and some sociosexual motives and behaviors as a function of the menstrual cycle

Šuljok, Matea. (2018). Body dissatisfaction and some sociosexual motives and behaviors as a function of the menstrual cycle. Diploma Thesis. Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu, Department of Psychology. [mentor Hromatko, Ivana].

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate how some sociosexual motivations and behaviors change as a function of the menstrual cycle, that is, to examine the change in body dissatisfaction and subjective attractiveness, sexual desire and the desire to go out, as well as in some behaviors such as flirting and beautification. The participants gave their answers in three phases of menstrual cycle: menstrual, luteal and late follicular. The final number of the participants was 62 and a repeated measure ANOVA was conducted. The difference in body dissatisfaction, sexual desire and in flirting did not reach statistical significance. The change in subjective attractiveness across the menstrual cycle was significant, and in accordance with the ovulatory shift hypothesis: the participants felt more attractive in the late follicular than in the menstrual and the luteal phase. There was also a significant difference between the menstrual and the late follicular phase in the desire to go out and in beautification. The results on these scales were higher in the late follicular than in the menstrual phase. However, there was no difference in the desire to go out between the late follicular and the luteal phase. Also, beautification in the luteal phase was not statistically different than beautification in either of the remaining phases.

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